Skype’s final call set for May as Microsoft prioritizes Teams
By Reuters February 28, 2025 – 6:30 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft (MSFT.O) focus on its homegrown Teams service by […]
Meta fixes error that flooded Instagram Reels with violent videos
By Reuters February 27, 2025 – 4:34 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Thursday it had resolved an error that flooded the personal Reels feeds of Instagram users with violent and graphic videos worldwide. It was not immediately clear how many people were affected by the glitch. Meta’s […]
Amazon’s Prime to exclusively stream New York Yankees season games amid live sports push
By Reuters February 26, 2025 – 8:00 AM PST Advertisement Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images/File Photo (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Wednesday it will exclusively stream 21 New York Yankees regular games on its Prime Video service for the upcoming 2025 season, as streaming companies face increasing competition to broadcast live sporting events. The baseball games […]
Adobe brings free Photoshop app to phones, courting younger users
By Stephen Nellis February 25, 2025 – 6:16 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo (Reuters) – Adobe (ADBE.O) said on Tuesday it is bringing its Photoshop app to mobile phones for the first time, offering both a free version and a paid version at the lowest cost yet for the app, at $7.99 per month. […]
Nvidia’s earnings to be a test of AI chip demand as DeepSeek sows spending doubts
By Arsheeya Bajwa February 24, 2025 – 3:58 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrationo/File Photo (Reuters) – Demand for Nvidia’s pricey artificial intelligence chips will be in focus when the company reports results on Wednesday as investors doubt the hefty spending on the technology after low-cost AI models from China’s DeepSeek rattled the industry. The world’s […]
Google to be hit with EU charges of breaching Big Tech rules, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee February 21, 2025 – 8:24 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address the EU antitrust regulator’s concerns and […]
OpenAI’s weekly active users surpass 400 million
By Reuters February 20, 2025 – 7:12 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – ChatGPT developer OpenAI’s weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, highlighting rapid growth in the adoption of artificial intelligence tools. The Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) startup had 300 million weekly active users in […]
Apple launches low-cost iPhone 16e, taking AI features to lower price points
By Stephen Nellis and Akash Sriram February 19, 2025 – 8:23 AM PST Advertisement Multiple iPhone 16e phones with the new C1 cellular modem are stress tested at an Apple lab, where hundreds of devices go through thousands of hours of continuous, repetitive testing, in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – […]
Musk’s xAI unveils Grok-3 AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT, China’s DeepSeek
By Reuters February 18, 2025 – 6:55 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has introduced Grok-3, the latest iteration of its chatbot, as it looks to compete with Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI, and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google. Grok-3 debut comes at a critical moment in […]
New downloads of DeepSeek suspended in South Korea, data protection agency says
By Reuters February 17, 2025 – 12:15 AM PST Advertisement REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into account some of the agency’s rules on protecting personal […]